چھوٹ
Urdu
editEtymology
editFrom the stem of چُھوٹْنَا (chūṭnā, “to be released”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰuːʈ/
- Rhymes: -uːʈ
Noun
editچُھوٹ • (chūṭ) f (Hindi spelling छूट)
- escape, deliverance, letting go
- freedom, impunity
- discount, exemption; concession
- separation; divorce
- Synonym: طَلَاق (talāq)
- omission, excision
Declension
edit| Declension of چھوٹ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | چُھوٹ (chūṭ) | چُھوٹیں (chūṭẽ) | ||||||
| oblique | چُھوٹ (chūṭ) | چُھوٹوں (chūṭõ) | ||||||
| vocative | چُھوٹ (chūṭ) | چُھوٹو (chūṭo) | ||||||
References
edit- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “chūṭ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “छूट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Further reading
edit- “چھوٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.